for a good while I was afraid to go into the woods alone, in the last couple years I have been able to overcome that. As far as those feelings go, yes they are fresh in my mind, life changing event, I will always remember those feelings but I have not felt it again like I did that day, it's the most afraid I have ever felt and also the most alive, it was like my senses were intensified 100 times over, it's like I was being totally overwhelmed with bad feelings, like it was just piled on. I was feeling like the world was closing in on me and everything was ending, like time was over and there was just dread.
I remember having this exact feeling about 12-15 years ago, first time I was introduced to baby back ribs. I consumed 2 racks that night and polished off a 18 pack of tall boys as I washed that greasy mess down.
It was that following morning that the feeling you described hit me as I was sitting on the porcelain God.... It was life changing, it seemed like the world was closing in on me or perhaps the bowl was filling too quickly... I remember how it just piled on and kept closing the gap on me. I didn't know if I should stand up and run or sit tight, it literally scared the [Bleeeeep!] right outta me. Had the ground been soft that morning you'd have easily identified my tracks as I entered that out house in bare feet but with the amount of weight loss I had in the moment I didn't leave a track when I left that ol wooden box...
Keep up the good work out there rich, although my gut says you'll find a steelhead with gold teeth Before finding Bigfoot. I've been wrong over the years.
Just sayin...
Keith